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^i{ ^ueiud ^eeb e . 5.95 TI le Overland Limited ILUlKCMg ©SIEIUIS 225DelightfulIllustrations 3 pagesRailroadArt in FullColor Following the immense success of his 20TH CENTURY (New York-Chicago) Lu- cius Beebe continues triumphantly across the continent with this new book THE OVER- LAND LIMITED about another candy train (Cliicago-San Francisco) Its stoiy, told in his inimitable way, is freighted with anecdotes about the great and famous who boarded it. Among them were Dame Nellie Melba,Gertrude Atherton,Scott Newhall, Dorothy Liebes, Fritz Kreisler, Caruso, Jake Erlich and great galaxies of movie stars. For this was the train which, more than any other, represented "The West" with all the implications of Buffalo Bill, Wells Fargo and the Overland Trail. It was part of the mighty pageant of continental expansion. Yes, it's an adventurous story, as the lav- ish pictorial content attests. Yes, it's a glamorous story because this train flourished during a vigorous era. Here you will find a great record—a grand and glorious account of crossing two-thirds of the continent in style, in comfort and in record time. You know Beebe-1 This is one of his great books. "The Overlandat Sherman Hill, 1940" jacketphotograph,by RichardKindig qc20 THE VERLAND IMITED 1963 HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA f\ •*^'^*.- \ «><(i<k'»®S** The Overlan Limited immw^ WW ©sniBi ^. Wk i/' '^4?^ "^ ir^' 'Hn HJi ^ <:^^^ . i^^ TdUid •#^ •T*" « Acknowledgments The pictorial and factual material required for the assembling of this monograph derived from a wide variety of sources, some of them amateur collectors and experts in the field of railroad transport of great generosity, others state and official repositories of such matters and the carriers whose fortunes were bound upwith those of The Overland Limited and still others commercial dealers in stock photographs and the iconographic record of the American past. They include Arthur D. Dubin, Alfred W. Johnson, Fred Jukes, Howard Fogg, Stan Repp, Richard Kindig, Richard Steinheimer, Dr. Philip Hastings, William Kratville, Everett De Golyer, Douglas C. Womom, Jim Ady, D. L. Joslyn, L. Jackson Welsh, Grahame Hardy, Mrs. Victor Maxwell, The American Geographical Society, The Colorado College Li- brary, Maynard Parker, The Monterey Herald, S. S. Pierce & Co., of Boston, E. C. Schafer of The Union Pacific Railroad, Frank Koval of The Chicago & North Western Railway, Robert Hancocks of the Southern Pacific Rail- road, The Milwaukee Railroad, Mary Rhymer of the Chicago Historical Society, Lola Homsher of the Wyoming State Historical Department, Nora Wilson of Pullman Standard, Brown Brothers and Ewing Galloway. To all of these the author is indebted for much kindness and great courtesy of efiFort, research and patience. And finally he is obligated to Gerald M. Best, a repository Trismegistus of the fact and folklore of American rail transport, for reading the manuscript copy and diverting the author from numerous ways of error and directing his footsteps in the highway of veracity. Title Page Painting by Stan Repp Endpapers by E. S. Hammack THE OVERLAND LIMITED Copyright © 1963 by Howell-North Books, a corporation, all rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without permission in writing, except in the case of critical reviews. Printedand bound inthe United States ofAmerica. Library of Congress Catalogue Card No. 63-22352 Published by Howell-North Books 1050 Parker Street, Berkeley 10, California page 4 We sing the wondrous story no nation sang before! A continental chorus that echoes either shore. We sing it on the summit; we sing it on the plain! We've climbed the Grand Sierras With The Lightning! The Lightning! The Lightning Palace Train! Henry Clay Work page 5 Contents Introduction n The Golden Gate Special 13 The Overland Limited 26 Index 156 Richard H. Kindig Photo.
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